... I 7 THE AFiCY X :- UNE THE AFRI:OS 0AN :: JA- ; ' African travel and adventure, with rt peulia - and indescribable fasrdLcnation, will always appea it many, a;d, though not a fewr travellers hlave found the Dark Continent their grave, fresh flood is regularly available for the work of exploration and civilisaton,. Butt, whatevqwestoe t:e cbarw--wlbez the nniqne variations in scenery, ...

... SHREWSBURY_ SCHOOL. Mr. G. W. Fisher, the author of this book, was a waster at Shrewsbary from 1860 to 1871, and begarn. to collect materials for a history of the school a y years ago. The work now published represents an immense amount of careful research, the ?? t; which are full of interesb for all Salopians. Urn1- happily the author has not lived to see the publics- fion of his work, ...

... Io o= 77rjTy I Rearranied;, wish Intredaictory' Chaters IN te$, aqd a Reiprinot of the Ori6ihal 6laOYZFditin. By i S8nighL IWrLx tp [London; Longm.3ne, (W~ean, and n 1r. filutter- lsq Wirten C 1)00k on Th. Ailtbnreae ol4e Odyssey,;andi he tells us in the treface to this s voime.thatha ?? attacked'the thorney ?? ,-.rldea: thy. tie Sonnets ded by the cesb wI~telX, ttie,|z sixple roetbh64 : ...

... It is understood that Dr. Joachim will not visit England this winter. The composer Von Perger has been named director of thle Vienna Conservatorium as successor to the late J. N. Fuchs. Herr Karl Mfilldcker, the composer, died yesterday. A few days ago he had a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Alfred'W. V. Vine, ?? has been appointed, after competition, to the post of organist and choiurmaster of ...

... RRUSSIA AND THE I The able wrter wo conceals his identity under thesam de gerr of Vladimir has preparedia vlume fell of wefl-chosen and well-digested inforrme. On the development of the Rssian Empire is tine detion of the PMee . SRe has laid under con. tdiucn many works not accessible ts English readers, andl has Prepared, himself f s task - by a, IOur-jnoths lcurney across Siberin fromz ...

... INCORPORATE D 8CIETy O. MUSIIA S CONFER' CENCE AT SARBO~UOBI; Yesterday was the first day of, the fifteenh an nual -conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians at the Grand' ERote!, IScaborough. On Monday evening- the Yorkshire section bad held a reception for membera -from ore--distanit parts, .but the business of the con- ference did not really commence until yesterday morn- ing, ...

... ARC:T : - - B A L ?? L T : i . . i : I i: ::LART 0 kl-: ot: i: * 1 . - E ~ , -a i j. Yetera h bhalltftheMdlandCounisA rt Union took p scot the roo~ms of the Birmiagham toyal. iety of Artists-Alderman FaLowsq, . whowtook the cairi biall an. houralter the advertised time, explained thwat the delayv was tnot his fault; he wa there at 1. 3.- 'The H~oK. 'iacarrn Mr.: fW. J. 'Mohran) read the ...

... The first of a series o-fthree lectures, followed b a programme of music, orgamised by Father Bel3sais, in aid of the Trannsvaal war fund, was given atitbe Edg-m bhstot Oratory last night.. -The poeeds opened with. an admrablydeliered lecture on 'SalibizUy Cathedral, by Mr. I. Doran. Webb, iflriated With limeligiht news. The lecturer traced the history of this magnificent edifice in a ...

... I THEi QtTE STION OF PITCH.- Yestorday's proceedings ins connection with thegi fiftceoth annual conference of the Incorporated Societ ~ i of Mcsieians were resumed at the Grand'Hotel, Scar- Bi borough, when Mr. William H- Cummings,- principal Ita of the Gilidhall Seboil of Mutsic, was the chair- Man of the day', and his able address on musical pitch is, likely to have a most important bear- E ...

... rs, Hutchinson and Co. are publishing a novel by Mark Ashton entitled She Stands Alone. The central character in the story is Pilate's wife. The story may be said to be written round the text Have thou nothing to do with that just man. The Christian for this week consists of a D. L. Moody Memorial Number, containing a biographical sketch and portrait of the famous evangelist. ...

... ' TAr Forayma. By Cmtattxrs DoeDr~r 1-Vr W [london and New Y ork: Harper and Rotl', R Mr. Warnee ?? to be known to the tead - promising h~muoutrist ; hut now thae tdemor. of d ' and lengwindedness, xviio lies in wvait ifO ali '203 Arnlurican novelists, has pounced UpOfl li - persons in this book no doubt comport tbe'ase according to a clear conception o. their tive chsaracters- btut the ...

... * !t is generally understood that the gift of writing books that children honestly like is one that is 2 extremely profitable to the writer. Perhaps that is whv there are so many children's books nowadays, for the roada to fortune are not too many, and coin- petition gets keener every year. It is a fact, never- theless, that out of the multitude of children's books that flood the market there ...